UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Fifth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 5)Final Week of the UNFCCC in ReviewReport by Eagle Forum Correspondent Cathie Adams.

BONN, GERMANY, November 5, 1999 --
The UNFCCC COP 5 in Bonn, Germany has concluded. Delegates agreed to
accept the scientific consensus that human activities are causing the earth
to warm even though science has not proven the emotional claims.

The scientific study group created by the UN, the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC), is largely responsible for creating the ruse even
though they have yet to publish even a glossary for a scientific paper
proving the earth is warming. Nonetheless, the IPCC says, "It is not a
question of whether the earth's climate will change, but rather when, where
and by how much."

The secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Professor Godwin Olu Patrick Obasi admits that "limitations of data, and
current levels of scientific knowledge for the detection and attribution of
observed climate variability and change constrain the establishment of
definite associations between these observed phenomena and human induced
climate change to the realms of scientific debate." He adds, "The WMO have
identified some serious deficiencies in the global observing systems for
climate."

Progress has been made on last year's Buenos Aires Plan of Action that is
to lead to entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol. The deadline set for
decisions on the Buenos Aires plan is next year in The Hague, The
Netherlands at the sixth Conference of the Parties (COP 6).

Executive Secretary Michael Zammit Cutajar says that the Kyoto Protocol
must enter into force by 2002. Federal Chancellor of Germany, Gerhard
Schroder, endorsed the timetable and announced an "eco-tax" to raise energy
consumption costs. No wonder Germany has one of the highest unemployment
rates in the western world!

The UK blocked the EU from opposing nuclear power in the "flexible
mechanism" called the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The mechanisms are
the manipulations used by the UN to redistribute energy, and therefore,
wealth around the globe. (See report #5 for an explanation of the
mechanisms.) France produces more than half its energy using non-carbon
dioxide producing nuclear energy. Supporters contend that the COP must
acknowledge that nuclear energy is absolutely necessary to achieve Kyoto
targets by industrial countries.

A minister from Finland, a socialist bastion, said "there is a need to
set the framework and rules for market operations." The Kyoto Protocol is
"the framework and rules for market operations."

Without mentioning the U.S. or Saudi Arabia directly, the radical
environmentalists described their efforts in Bonn: "A conspiracy between
those forces who might be embarrassed by this inaction, and those to wish
to block all action." The U.S. is accused of inaction because we have not
reduced greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide, that the green movement
contends causes global warming. Saudi Arabia is regarded as obstructionist
because it defends its oil production. They were assisted during the
conference by Washington lawyers representing U.S. fossil fuel interests
which irritated other developing countries. Things could get very
interesting on this front at COP 6.

The Chinese minister insulted the U.S. saying, "attempts by some Parties,
[the U.S.], to get developing countries to 'meaningfully participate'
[President Clinton uses the phrase to entice the U.S. Senate to ratify the
Kyoto Protocol in response to their unanimous resolution that it must
pertain to EVERY nation, not only 38 countries.] were destroying
confidence-building efforts between developing and developed countries."
The Chinese are consistent; they demand that the U.S. ignore its human
rights abuses and its environment. The saddest part is that we kowtow to
their demands!

The minister from Micronesia whose country has everything to gain and
nothing to lose concluded that the complex work must "go forward in a
different spirit-a spirit of being part of the search for an urgent
solution to one of the greatest threats ever confronted by Mankind."
Otherwise, he warned, "future generations will ask, 'Why did you not act,
while there was still time?'" Get a grip!

Japan proposed the appointment of a "facilitator," appointed by and
working on behalf of the Polish COP 5 President Szyszko. His role would be
to visit national leaders over the coming year in order to create progress
through "political impetus." At the closing press conference, Szyszko and
Cutajar refused to reveal their interim agenda.

The U.S. wants "civil society" (radical environmentalist non-governmental
organizations) to be involved in workshops at COP 6 on the Kyoto mechanisms
and compliance schemes. That was the role the infamous, late Bella Abzug
played at the Rio meeting in 1992. Former President Bush signed that treaty
which led to the Kyoto Protocol and these continual COP meetings.

While nothing was decided about "sinks," such as trees that remove carbon
dioxide from the air, COP 5 decided upon a work plan to start the process
for a decision at COP 6. Bureaucrats!

Developing countries are "capacity building" which means they are
preparing to accept American technologies and industries as part of the
"flexible mechanisms" required in greenhouse gas trading regimes. Rules for
how the mechanisms will work was delayed until COP 6.

"A typical intercontinental return flight contributes as much to global
warming as a small family in Bangladesh does over a full decade of daily
life," complained a representative from the European Union in a discussion
about "bunker fuels." In a formal statement, the U.S. agreed "with the
common view that emissions from the aviation sector are an important
contributor to climate change and that their contribution is likely to grow
significantly over time in the absence of policy actions." Expect COP 6 to
pick up the debate on emissions of airplanes and develop an "implementation
and reporting framework." It is logical that if the UN gains the right to
manage EVERY nation's economy by dictating the amount and types of
industrial fuels they can use and produce, then they will also want to
dictate EVERY citizen's coming and going!

On "compliance," the UN's goal to hold EVERY nation accountable to the
Kyoto Protocol, COP 5 delegates decided that a decision SHALL be adopted at
COP 6.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) contends, "The role of the churches
is to press governments and societies to look seriously at simpler
lifestyles and ask what is enough." The WCC is vocal on the environment as
God's creation, but is mute about the protection of humans created in the
image of God. Their alliance with the UN and its doctrines is consistent
with the Biblical prophecies about the one-world religion in the end times.

The COP 6 meeting will occur after the election of a new U.S. president.
Global warming and the Kyoto Protocol should become a litmus test for the
candidates. If they accept "scientific consensus" of global warming caused
by human activity rather than insisting upon scientific evidence, then they
do no deserve our support. The Kyoto Protocol's aim is to dictate
industrial strength and thereby manage every nation's economy. Since
centralization of government leads to "The Road to Serfdom," any politician
who supports it should be shown the road back home.